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If you’re on the fence about whether or not to activate Akismet, there are some plugins that claim to take anti-spam services a step further. Here are some antispam WordPress plugins that offer additional anti-spam features that might better serve your website needs.
stop spammers
This plugin uses one of three captcha configurations to confirm whether a denied login attempt or comment has actually been submitted by a non-spamming human. It’s reported to work well with Gravity Forms. Stop Spammers protects your website against:
A couple caveats have been reported. Sometimes valid users are unable Country Email List to login to their own WordPress database. Also, this plugin will not work on a proxy server or with a hosting company that does not use PHP functions.
Anti-Spam by CleanTalk
cleantalk spam protection
Anti-Spam by CleanTalk is a cloud-based spam blocker. The plugin is free, but its cloud service, CleanTalk, requires a paid account. After a 7-day free trial, you can decide whether you want to continue with this service.

In addition to blocking comments, registration, contact form, and email spam, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk also protects your website from spammy:
This plugin is capable of analyzing multiple aspects of your website without slowing your site down because it uses the cloud instead of servers. It not only blacklists email addresses, but also the domains and IP addresses linked to spammers. There’s an optional firewall feature that prevents spam bots from accessing your web server by sending them to a blank page.
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